The first British soldier has come forward to urge mass refusal among the ranks to serve in Iraq, saying he would rather go to prison than accept a call-up to war.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/military/story/0,11816,1393625,00.html
http://snipurl.com/c54y

From Information Clearing House

by CrooksandLiars.com

Sen. Barbara Boxer holds Condoleezza Rice's feet to the fire over the disastrous decision to invade Iraq. Watch the heated exchange.

http://movies.ziaspace.com/CondiBoxer.wmv


Source: http://www.tompaine.com/index.php#passiton

by David Corn, TomPaine.com Exclusive

Last week's WMD news showed how the right-wing spin machine prevents the public from hearing the truth about Iraq.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/the_fog_of_phony_war.php

http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/011805F.shtml


"Beyond Vietnam"

By Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Audio file:
http://vodreal.stanford.edu/mlkpp/vietnam/5b01.ram


Informant: Bob Reuschlein

by Reed Brody

International Herald Tribune

01/18/05

The conviction of Specialist Charles Graner for atrocities committed at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is a first step toward accountability for the detainee abuse scandal, but it must not be the end of the process.

Each passing day brings new evidence that the mistreatment of Muslim prisoners -- far from being an isolated incident at Abu Ghraib -- was widespread in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. ... This pattern of abuse across three countries did not result from the acts of individual soldiers such as Graner who broke the rules. It resulted from decisions made by the Bush administration to bend, ignore or cast rules aside...

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/18/opinion/edbrody.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp